Annual Bar Crawl in Manhattan Draws Dozens of Costumed Revelers

A New York Police Department lieutenant is asking bar owners from Chelsea to Columbus Circle to not let any NYC SantaCon revelers drink at their establishments during this year's event.

The annual party, in which dozens and sometimes hundreds of people dressed as Santa Claus go on a bar crawl, is a detriment to the neighborhood, Lt. John Cocchi, of the Midtown North precinct's special operations unit, said in a recent letter to bar...